Soap dish



W. VERNET Feb. 21, F328.

SOAP DISH Filed NOV. 28. 1927 m m m. m

Patented Feb. 21,1928- I UNITED STATES 1,659,644 PATENT OFFICE.

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Application filed November 28, 1927. Serial No. 236,052.

This invention relates to improvements in soap holders or soap dishes and more particularly to a means for easily keeping the dish clean and sanitary. The applicatlon is a continuation in part of my copending apthe soapy fluid, frequent cleaning is necessary and cleaning is often diflicult because of the necessity of washing or dissolving off this scum.

It'has been attempted to remedy this unsanitary and ill looking condition by using an absorbent clay or earthy material which, when fully used, could be du out and replaced. Due to the necessary irtin changing the earthy material and the cakin thereof, as well as other attendant difliculties, these devices have been found to be highly impractical and commercially undesirable.

Further, it has been impossible to avoid undue waste. of the cake due to the natural solution in the surrounding moisture and no practical means has been found for rendering .soap receptacles hygienic by suitable disinfectant.

It is, therefore, the principal object of this invention-to provide an improved soap dish that may be very easily and quickly cleaned.

Another object of the invention is to pro vide a porous, absorbent," readily compressible soap disl". which will keep the soap clean, absorb the moisture and dirt therefrom and is ofni-tself easily cleaned by merely squeezing under running water.

It is a further object of this invention to provide a removable lining for soap receptacles now in use which will completely protect the receptacles from contact with the soap, will be compact in nature, removable as a unit, subject to easy cleaning under water and absorbent for soa y fluid, and which may be replaced after 0 eamng.

It. is a further object of this invention to provide a soap container which will absorb the undue moisture therein without waste of the cake.

It is a still further object of this invention to produce a soap dish which will permit the placing of a cake of soap therein and will permit the moisture to be temporarily absorbed to be later removed so that cleaning is'facilitated.

It is a specific object of this invention to provide a rubber or other artificial sponge soap dish to effectively absorb the moisture and dirt from the soap and keep the other parts of the bath room or sink clean and which may be cleaned by simply squeezing and rinsing out the sponge material in water.

Further objects and advantages of the invention will appear from 'the following description of the attached drawings, which illustrate several forms of embodiment to which the invention is adapted and in which Figure 1 is. a plan view illustrating one form of porous artificial sponge soap container;

Figure 2 is a sectibnal view substantiall on the line 2-2 of Figure 1; a

dish used as an inner lining for a porcelain or other conventional type of present day soap dish; a

In the form of embodiment of the invention illustrated in Figure 1, the soap dish consists of a bottom 1, side walls 2 and end walls 3, preferably made of rubber sponge or other suitable porous absorptive compressible material. The soap dish is preferably formed in one piece by cutting or scooping a receptacle or container 4 from the body of thesponge' The cake of soap which is indicated in outline at 5, Figure 2, rests in'the opening or receptacle 4,- where the sides and bottom of the cake of soa ma contact with the bottom 1 and the si e an end walls 2 and 3 of the soa dish, whereby the moisture and dirt in t e cake of soap may be absorbed and contact of the sonalp cake with the walls ofthe bath room, s or outer soap dish, is prevented.

.Figures 3 and 4 indicate a. soap dish preferably made of rubber spon e material, which is of oval shape, having ottom walls 6, side walls 7 and end walls 8, which serve to provide a receptacle or opening 9 in which the cake of soap is received and by which contact of the moist soap cake with the side walls of a larger container or with other portions of the bath room or sink, may be prevented. The soap dish of Figures 3 and 4 may be likewise formed from a single piece of rubber sponge or other suitable material by scooping or cutting out the container section 9, or may be formed by stamping out the side walls and independently securing a separate bottom portion 6 thereto by vulcanizing, gluing, or the like, along the meeting faces, as indicated by the dotted lines 6 in Figure 4, or by individual molding and cutting, or other suitable means.

Figure 5 illustrates the use of an artificial porous compressible soap dish 10,0f rubber sponge or the like, such as shown in Figures 1 to 4, as an inner liner for a larger soap and of keeping this moisture, dirt and slime in a moist condition, so as to permit the same to be easily rinsed out of the pores of the sponge soap dish by merely squeezing the same out under a stream of running water.

By providing the soap dish with bottom, side and end walls, contact of the soap with any part of an outer container or with the walls of the bath room, against which the soap dish may be placed, is prevented, and the soap is substantially enclosed at all times by the rubber sponge dish.

It is to be understood that the various modifications and changes in shape and size of the soap dishes may be made, and that various colors may be used to increase the ornamental properties of the dish. The use of the word side and end'walls in the appended claims to the application are not intended as limiting the invention'to a rectangular structure, but also tobe interpreted as including the walls of the circular or oval soap dish, such as illustrated in Figures 3 and 4. i a

I claim:

1. As a new article of manufacture a soap dish having bottom, side and end walls composed of all porous, artificial sponge material Which is absorptive, readily compressiblo, non-warping and notappreciably decomposed by the constant presence of moisv ture.

2. As a new article of manufacture a soap dish having bottom, side and end walls made of all porous, absorptive rubber sponge material formed in one piece in 0a manually compressible form and adapte for use without other support.

In testimony whereof I have affixed my signature to this specification.

' WALDEMAR VERNET. 

